Abstract
Abstract This doctrine is the modern version of ‘Crown Privilege’. The latter terminology was unsatisfactory. This was because questions of ‘public interest’ cannot be confined to matters relating to the Crown but embrace a much broader band of interested parties, including charities operating in the public interest, such as the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children.3 Lord Scarman in 1980 regretted the change of terminology because in his view the term ‘Crown Privilege’ imposed a useful brake upon expansion of the doctrine.
Full Text 
Sign-in/Register to access full text options
Sign-in/Register to access full text options 
Published version (
Free)
Free) 
Talk to us
Join us for a 30 min session where you can share your feedback and ask us any queries you have
Schedule a call
